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The Māori Party stands with the rest of Aotearoa today to remember those whose lives were lost in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake which struck Christchurch and surrounding areas five years ago today and to pay tribute to the resilience of whānau.

Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox says, “The Māori Party supports the housing aspirations of whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori and that is why we have supported the Social Housing Reform (Transfer Mandate) Bill.”

The Māori Party is devastated by the loss of Mereiwa Broughton who passed away this week, at the age of 77.
“Whaea Mere was passionate about her heritage and culture and cherished the knowledge she learnt from her elders,” says Māori Party Co-leader, Marama Fox.

The Māori Party welcomes the petition to Parliament calling for a national day of remembrance for the New Zealand Wars. Ōtorohanga College students gathered around 12,000 signatures in support of a New Zealand Wars Day and have travelled from Waikato to Wellington to present it.

The Māori Party is proud to promote the series of Mokopuna Ora resources being championed by Whakawhetū www.whakawhetu.co.nz/rauemi being released to mark Safe Sleep Day 2015.
“When we think about protecting our mokopuna we think about the promise our tūpuna believed in; that is articulated in our party’s constitution: – ‘E kore au e ngaro he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea – I will never be lost, for I am the seed which was sown from Rangiātea,” says Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox.

The Māori Party is thrilled to see the next chapter of parliamentary progress in the Public Works space with a new private member’s bill pulled today.
Te Ururoa Flavell’s Bill, the Public Works (Offer Back of and Compensation for Acquired Land) Amendment Bill fell at its second reading in July 2010. In his closing comments, Te Ururoa laid the challenge:
“I submit that the failure of the Crown to protect Māori land as agreed to within article Two of Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a blatant breach of its obligation to Māori. I stand on notice before the House to say that if this bill does not proceed today, the Māori Party will nevertheless continue to uphold, and be dedicated to, our commitment to protect and preserve the whenua that is still in our hands, as tangata whenua, and for the generations to come.”